Comparison

TakeNote vs LazyWork

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

TakeNote

Capture ideas effortlessly with a distraction-free, minimalist note-taking app. It supports Markdown, organizes notes with folders and tags, and syncs across Apple devices. Optional local AI features enhance formatting and search.

Highlights
  • Distraction-free minimalist design
  • Full Markdown support with live rendering
  • Organize with Folders, Tags, and Inbox
  • iCloud sync across Apple devices
  • Private by design, no data collection
  • Optional local AI for formatting and search
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TakeNote is a fast, elegant, and distraction-free way to capture your ideas. Built exclusively for Apple platforms with SwiftUI and SwiftData, it feels right at home on macOS and iOS. Why TakeNote? • Beautifully simple: A clean, minimal design that lets your words take center stage. • Markdown first: Write naturally in plain text with full Markdown support and live rendering. • Stay organized: Quickly sort notes into Folders, Tags, or your Inbox. Star, move, and search with ease. • Syncs with iCloud: Your notes are instantly available across all your Apple devices. • Private by design: TakeNote collects nothing and tracks nothing. Your notes are yours alone. • Power features: Use AI-powered formatting and smart search (macOS) when you want a boost—always optional, always local first. Perfect for Writers, thinkers, students, developers, or anyone who wants a fast, modern, and private note-taking app that just works. TakeNote is the notebook you’ll actually want to use every day.

About

LazyWork

Features
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LazyWork A private AI assistant for the web. It reads the page you’re on and helps you interact with it. No Sign-In. No Data Collection. No Ads. • No account, no email, no tracking — open it and start using it immediately. • Everything runs on your device using Apple Intelligence or a downloadable local model. Works offline. • Nothing is uploaded. Your pages, questions, and results stay on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. • Optional: Add your own API key for a cloud AI model if you want better results — disabled by default. Key Features • Summarize any article and get the key points or a structured page outline. • Ask questions about the current page — or let **Research** browse the entire website and answer with cited sources. • Translate full pages or selected text into any language. • Extract tables, facts, dates, and links. Explain difficult sections. Rewrite content or draft replies. • Understand images: recognize text and describe images directly on your device. • Use a floating panel on any page for one-tap actions, or access LazyWork from the toolbar. Agent • Tell it what you want done: “Download the file,” “Find the pricing page and list the plans,” or “Load all the reviews.” It can navigate, click, scroll, and download across pages on its own, with clear confirmation before any irreversible action. • Website allowlists and blocklists, plan review, time limits, and read-only mode keep you in control. Reshape Any Webpage • “Make it dark,” “Reader mode,” “Hide the sidebar,” “Make the article wider” — LazyWork writes the CSS or JavaScript and applies it instantly. • Every script is saved in the **Scripts** tab. Rename it, edit it, enable or disable it, share it, or apply it again on any website. You can also import your own `.css` and `.js` files. More Tools • Run any tool on pasted text or a URL directly from your clipboard. • Keep a history of everything you’ve done, with pinning, notes, search, comparison, and export. • Scheduled runs, per-site memory, usage statistics, and settings backup. EULA Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

TakeNote4 screens
LazyWork4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TakeNote at none against LazyWork's 4. LazyWork's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. LazyWork sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. TakeNote asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TakeNote ships an update every 5 weeks, LazyWork every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
TakeNote versus LazyWork: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTakeNoteLazyWork
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdam DrewAhmed AlNaboud

In-app purchases

None

TakeNote

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

LazyWork

Subscriptions3
  • LazyWork Monthly$3.991 Month
  • LazyWork 6-Month$6.996 Months
  • LazyWork Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • LazyWork Unlock$14.99

Questions

Is TakeNote free?
TakeNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LazyWork free?
LazyWork is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TakeNote or LazyWork have ads?
Neither TakeNote nor LazyWork shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TakeNote or LazyWork?
TakeNote ships an update every 5 weeks, and LazyWork every 4 days. Most recently, TakeNote was updated on October 30, 2026 and LazyWork on October 31, 2026.

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